ALIEN IMMIGRATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 10

ALIEN IMMIGRATION.

WPvESFFECTOT ■y .The' ; AUen::-Inimigf;ati6n ; vßiil;'.prov that, persons;, domiciled' ;Zealaiid. are;:excluded^froni;;.'the'.provisions 'oil Part'; 1; 'of; the,".wihuipaly Act''(dealing with 'bonds; to I bS's.giveu ;for i; ihibecile p'a&engeM.;' 1 - under .Parfr:2;.-,bff.^hofA"ct:shall- : also'be. ?:3:£ : :" ! Tlfe flpplication'■:' which,. tinder ; Section -14, any person-/other: than ; , of. .British. or -.Irish -birth "and parentage':- is required, to' write'; ; diit; and ■ sigh' iri'/'ahy'-'Europeaii' language, ; is now; to be. ih : a form/pre-" Ecribed ;by,.the .Immigration;. Officer,'. instead. :of,'being- in'the,form .'given'; in .the "second; schedule ..of; the; 'Apt; V,: -,-'

;;-.The;;Gpvernor::may ; from, timo to time.' , make. regiilatio'ns;:prescribihg\thef'coudi-< iions.jjbh Chinese may"be ! ''granted:a certificate,'.in the prescribed signed ;./by ; : "the;;prcscribe'd' officer,-, permitting him to land in. New : Zealahd; : ;.withdut: complying;"jwith: the .proyisioi's.'of ';I'a'rt; .'3; of '•'..'thejprinoip'ai! Act (relating; to .poll taxi .'etc.).;. Pro•.yided: that, nonsuch' certificate; shall; be igrahted to'.ahy.Chiireso- unless- ho ties'the prescribed officer:;that his stay in .New -Zealand is not to;, excped: six months.":;;,': " -;-; : *-;;..,.' :■-'■ ■;..-■'■

With, .respect to -every Chinese who lands,. in:. New. Zealand, under,any'- such, regulations,^'therprbvisio'ris: of ; Part ;S' of: the principal Act -shall/ riot~;apply -so, long as /he faithfully, observes the. con'-, ditions-prescribed /by-./those /regulations-: or. such v of/.thera ; a;s;.'are applicable l to -him. ,/'A'iiy,"Cliinese/ who- lands -in : New. Zealand.^in/breach .of ; the. principal',Act shall, in' addition' to any penalties incurred .by /such breach, be liable. ; to-be, .'removed from /New . Zealand, /arid the master, ; owncri :.or-charterer of ;the ship from -'which / that/.. Chinese': larids ■'■■ shall, jointly arid severally' be liable to defray.' the..'expenses-iincurred -by:the'!.Government; m so "removing him; and ;,in.detaining and maintaining him in Now Zealand pending / such. removal. : : The .classes/of-/Chinese prohibited-from .landing ;—ldiot ,or/.in>ario,Chinese,'any Chinese sufferirig/froin: a contagious disease': which is loathsome .or''dangerous, /and'-, any. Chinese', tho' date ;of'cwhose- arrival in/ New Zealand' is .within two years" of. the termination' of.-.imprisonment, for .any. offence pun-, New - Zealand by- -death or imprisonment for two years or upwards ■ (ript.!being-a' mere i: ]sblitical offence and no'/ pardon haying-been/granted).. - Previously : Chinese;, were'- exempted'binder . these . classes!. ■ The provisions' as ;to detaining ..tho ship if the' Act is not coinplied with';/Spiling' the ship- iu default of paynierit,'and as to' the removal of/prohibited'-immigrants '■ from. -New Zealand are; extended to apply''.to cases where '• the .'offence - is, committed .in :.re-spect-to-Chinese;-"";'(:: :,: ~:' , .. r ;/ y . ' •